tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post5944616084136742951..comments2024-01-15T06:31:43.529-08:00Comments on From A Left Wing: Girlfight's Foxy Boxing: Possibly the Queerest Straight Romance on Film?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-38241143851651071272009-11-12T08:47:22.936-08:002009-11-12T08:47:22.936-08:00My husband and I met and fell in love at a kickbox...My husband and I met and fell in love at a kickboxing/MMA gym. I was a black belt and he was a white belt. Plus I'm several inches taller than him! He was a better boxer than me, but I could always kick him in the head. :)<br /><br />We used to spar all the time and we weren't the only gym romance. There were gay relationships and straight relationships that started over a handful of three-minute rounds. Most often, boxing and fighting are not acrimonious when you're serious about it. The anger is left outside the door. It's about sport.<br /><br />Even though neither of us does martial arts anymore, my husband still brags about how tough I was and how strong I was in the ring. He loved that about me then and loves it about me now. He's never been remotely insecure about it. He's proud!!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882790778301069039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-91303295494691340762009-11-03T16:55:11.745-08:002009-11-03T16:55:11.745-08:00I've never seen this movie but did watch the f...I've never seen this movie but did watch the fight between Guzman and her boyfriend on YouTube. I think it's interesting the way that the musical score and slow motion portions of the fight frame the violence of boxing. In fact, I think it orchestrates the intimacy of this scene far more than the visuals of the two swinging, grappling, going to their respective corners, sweating. You know more about sentimentality as a structure of feeling than I do, but I think "sentimental" seems fitting for the way it's been shot. I think you make a really really provocative point about domestic violence and the fear of being "that guy" that hits women, and yet here is "foxy boxing." And by that I think you mean here is a fantasized, clearly utopian/unrealistic, venue where aggression is a beautiful release, the woman isn't fragile, and the man is vulnerable. If you ever get a chance to view Chris Cunningham's arthouse short film about this topic it's worth comparing and contrasting the two. (Can't find the title of the piece but do own the DVD somewhere.) Cunningham films a nude opposite sex couple in balletic slow motion having a brutally physical fight. Amid the balletic motion and limited sound, blood begins to fly from mouths and bruises begin to darken their skin. I found it chilling then, and find it chilling now and yet it's haunting and possessive in its portrayal of "love" between the sexes. Indeed when I was at I.E. You Belong to Me seeing some of the performance art, it made me think of this film short (such as Tolentino's "Cry of Love" where Athey and Tolentino grapple). Finally, I would love to have read your interpretation of the film title and Guzman's homosocial relationships: that got short schrift in your lovely blog post! (P.S. I am dissertating. This topic has just been eating at me.)OKASHIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14694799455944244176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-76282039354966875252009-10-26T12:16:35.537-07:002009-10-26T12:16:35.537-07:00A couple boxing? Is this one of those trendy manha...A couple boxing? Is this one of those trendy manhattan beach therpies for delaying divorce ?<br /><br />Seriously - the film sounds weekend. Like Million Dollar Baby but with the potential of being decentHuGol Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12877167277737756884noreply@blogger.com